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Official Journal of the European Union
3.12.2011
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1257/2011
of 23 November 2011
amending Regulation (EC) No 810/2008 opening and providing for the administration of tariff
quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(5) Article
2(e)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
810/2008
allocates
1 300 tonnes of meat covered by CN codes
0201 20 90,
0201 30,
0202 20 90,
0202 30,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 to high quality beef cuts
Union,
meeting a precise definition.
(6) The
Agreement
in
the
form
of
an
Exchange
of
Letters
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of
between the European Union and New Zealand pursuant
18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set
to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General
out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating
the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations ( 1 ), and in particular Article 1(1)
to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the
thereof,
Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their
accession to the European Union ( 5 ) approved by Council
Decision 2011/767/EU ( 6 ), provides for a change in the
Whereas:
definition of the EU tariff quota of 1 300 tonnes ‘high

quality beef’.
(1) Article
1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No (7) Regulation
(EC)
No
810/2008
should
be
amended
810/2008 ( 2 ) opened yearly tariff quotas for high-
accordingly.
quality fresh, chilled or frozen meat of bovine animals
covered by CN codes 0201 and 0202, for products
covered by CN codes 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 and
(8) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
for frozen boneless buffalo meat covered by CN code
accordance with the opinion of the Management
0202 30 90.
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural

Markets,
(2) Article
2(a)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
810/2008
allocates HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
28 000 tonnes of boneless beef covered by CN codes
0201 30 00 and 0206 10 95 to selected beef cuts
Article 1
meeting a precise definition.
Regulation (EC) No 810/2008 is amended as follows:
(3) The
Agreement
in
the
form
of
an
Exchange
of
Letters (1) in Article 1, paragraph 1 is amended as follows:
between the European Union and Argentina pursuant to
Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating
(a) point (a) is replaced by the following:
to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the
Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their
accession to the European Union (
‘(a) 66 750 tonnes for high quality fresh, chilled or

3 ) approved by Council
Decision 2011/769/EU (
frozen meat of bovine animals covered by CN

4 ), provides for an addition of
1 500 tonnes in the country allocated (Argentina) EU
codes 0201 and 0202 and for products covered
tariff quota ‘boneless meat of bovine animals, fresh or
by CN codes 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91. For
chilled’. For the four first years of implementation the
the import period 2011/2012, the total amount is
increase is to be 2
000 tonnes annually. That
66 625 tonnes and for the import periods
Agreement also provides for the creation of a country
2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, the total
allocation (Argentina) of 200 tonnes under the EU tariff
amount is 67 250 tonnes.’;
quota ‘Boneless buffalo meat, frozen’, the allocation of
Argentina also covering ‘fresh and chilled’.
(b) point (b) is replaced by the following:
(4)
For the sake of clarity it is appropriate to specify the
‘(b) 2 250 tonnes for frozen boneless buffalo meat
country where the buffalo meat is originating in.
covered by CN code 0202 30 90, expressed in
weight of boneless meat, originating in Australia.
This quota carries order number 09.4001.’;
( 1 ) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 219, 14.8.2008, p. 3.
( 3 ) OJ L 317, 30.11.2011, p. 11.
( 5 ) OJ L 317, 30.11.2011, p. 3.
( 4 ) OJ L 317, 30.11.2011, p. 10.
( 6 ) OJ L 317, 30.11.2011, p. 2.

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(c) the following point (c) is added:
‘1. Imports
of
the
quantities
set
out
in
Article
1(1)(b)
and
(c) and in Article 2(a) to (e) and (g) shall be subject to
presentation, on release for free circulation, of import
‘(c) 200 tonnes for “boneless buffalo meat, fresh, chilled
licences issued in accordance with Article 4(a) and (b) and
or frozen” covered by CN code 0201 30 00 and CN
paragraph 2 of this Article.’;
code 0202 30 90, expressed in weight of boneless
meat, originating in Argentina. This quota carries
order number 09.4004.’;
(4) in Article 10, the second paragraph, is replaced by the
following:
(2) Article 2 is amended as follows:
‘For quantities referred to in Article 1(1)(b) and (c) and in
Article 2(a) to (e) and (g) of this Regulation, the provisions
of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, Chapter III of Regulation
(a) point (a) is replaced by the following:
(EC) No 1301/2006 and Regulation (EC) No 382/2008
shall apply, save as otherwise provided for in this Regu
‘(a) 29 500 tonnes of boneless beef covered by CN
lation.’;
codes 0201 30 00 and 0206 10 95 and meeting
the following definition:
(5) Article 11 is amended as follows:
“Selected beef cuts obtained from steers, young
(a) in paragraph 1, point (b) is replaced by the following:
steers or heifers having been exclusively fed
through pasture grazing since their weaning. The
‘(b) No later than 31 August following the end of each
steer carcasses shall be classified as ‘JJ’, ‘J’, ‘U’ or
import tariff quota period, for the import tariff
‘U2’, young steer and heifer carcasses shall be clas
quota with the order numbers 09.4001 and
sified as ‘AA’, ‘A’, or ‘B’ according to the official
09.4004, the quantities of products, including nil
beef classification established by the Secretariat of
returns, for which import licenses were issued in
Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food in
the previous import tariff quota period;’;
Argentina (Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería,
PESCA y Alimentos — SAGPyA)”.
(b) in paragraph 3, the second subparagraph, is replaced by
the following:
However, for the import period 2011/2012 the
total amount is 29 375 tonnes and for the
‘The notifications regarding the quantities referred to in
import periods 2012/2013, 2013/2014 and
Article 1(1)(b) and (c) and in Article 2(a) to (e) and (g)
2014/2015 it is raised to 30 000 tonnes.
of this Regulation shall be made as indicated in Annexes
IV, V and VI to this Regulation.’;
The cuts shall be labelled in accordance with
(6) in Annex I, the definition is replaced by the following:
Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of
the European Parliament and of the Council (*).
‘High quality beef originating in …
The indication “High Quality Beef” may be added to
(appropriate definition)
the information on the label.
or Buffalo meat originating in Australia
This quota carries order number 09.4450.
or Buffalo meat originating in Argentina.’;
___________
(7) in Annex II, the first indent is replaced by the following:
(*) OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1.’;
‘— MINISTERIO DE ECONOMA Y FINANZAS PBLICAS:
(b) in point (e), the definition is replaced by the following:
For meat originating in Argentina:
‘Selected beef cuts derived from exclusively pasture
(a) meeting the definition in point (c) of Article 1(1)
grazed steers or heifers, the carcases of which have a
dressed weight of not more than 370 kilograms. The
(b) meeting the definition in Article 2(a)’;
carcases shall be classified as A, L, P, T or F, be trimmed
to a fat depth of P or lower and have a muscling
(8) in Annexes IV, V and VI the following order number and
classification of 1 or 2 according to the carcase classifi
country of origin are added:
cation system administered by the New Zealand Meat
Board’;
‘09.4004’
(3) in Article 8, paragraph 1, is replaced by the following:
‘Argentina’.

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Official Journal of the European Union
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
It shall apply from 1 December 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 November 2011.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Dacian CIOLO
Member of the Commission

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